Bangladesh on Monday was unanimously elected as  the Vice President of the upcoming 71st Session of the United Nations  General Assembly (UNGA), reports UNB. There were 15 other countries from different regional groups elected  as Vice Presidents. As Vice President of the 71st session of UNGA, Bangladesh will be  able to augment its active participation in the work of the United  Nations, says a press release of Bangladesh Permanent Mission in UN. As per rules, all the P-5 countries of United Nations Security  Council are also the Vice Presidents of the UNGA session. Earlier, the candidature of Bangladesh for the position of Vice  President of 71 session of UNGA was endorsed by the Asia-Pacific  Group (APG). The term of the 71st session will begin in September at the  commencement of the 71st General Assembly Session. The UNGA also elected Peter Thomson,  Permanent Repre-sentative of Fiji, as President of its upcoming 71st  session.